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Hello again, guys! So recently I ran into an issue regarding the basic FSX ATC. Here are the details: Today I made a short flight from Alesund (Norway) to Oslo Gardermoen to test a new repaint I made. I wanted a specific approach in Oslo, so I set the wind in a way ATC would allow me to land at RWY 19R. The wind I set was 8 kts from 200 degrees or something like that. I made the flight plan with the basic FSX flight planner and got into flying. At the end of my flight, the ATC cleared me to a RWY 01L approach (the opposite of RWY 19R). So I had to make a landing with an 8 knot tailwind, which is far from realistic... I ran into the same bug a few days ago at Luxembourg, so its not airport related. Now this wouldn't really be an issue at other airports, but for example at Kai Tak (which I frequently fly into), I like to take RWY 13 approach. If the ATC continues to ignore winds, those landings will be impossible as the wind is normally set to RWY 31 approaches. I also noticed that, no matter how fast wind speeds are, the ATIS always says: "Wind calm". Not sure if that's related though. I'm sure it doesn't matter, but the aircraft I used was the TDS Boeing 737-800. I don't use any weather engines or ATC add-ons, things like that I like to keep default. Ideas, anyone? Thanks in advance!
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Tutorial: Winds Aloft Forecasts By thecorporatepilotdad Understanding weather is an important part of flying. thecorporatepilotdad, a real world corporate pilot, offers a tutorial on winds aloft forecasts, where they can be found, and how to read each type of chart. Even though this is made with the use of official sources, it is meant for use with Microsoft Flight Simulator, X-Plane, or any flight simulator. Websites for finding winds aloft charts are shown along with explanations of wind vector barbs, textual winds aloft charts, as well as winds aloft for the rest of the world. To find winds aloft forecasts in textual and graphical presentations in the United States go here. For international winds aloft go here. thecorporatepilotdad Youtube channel About The Author This video is produced by thecorporatepilotdad. He has been a FlightSim.Com member for close to twenty years and using Flight Simulator since back in the day of FS98 and FS2000. He is also a professional pilot with over 8000 hours of real world flight experience ranging from Cessna 152s to super-mid size business jets. About Aviation Weather Center The Aviation Weather Center delivers consistent, timely and accurate weather information for the world airspace system. We are a team of highly skilled people dedicated to working with customers and partners to enhance safe and efficient flight. aviationweather.gov